Amusement device



F. H. FoRREsT AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed May s, 1934 Oc't. 20, 1936.

Patented Oct. 20, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to amusement devices for children and has for its object the provision of a device simulating ball-throwing target devices commonly used in amusement parks, fair grounds,

etc., in which the ball is secured to a resilient string to be aimed at an opening in a screen, a. gure target being pivotally mounted behind the screen and visible through the opening and adapted to be knocked down when being struck by the ball when properly aimed.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the improved toy,

Figure 2, a top plan view,

Figure 3, a front view in elevation,

Figure 4, a transverse sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 4-4 of Figure 2, and

2O Figure 5, a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

In the drawing similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts in all of the views.

The toy is self-contained and portable, including a base I0 on which is secured an inverted U- shaped frame II by means of driven fastenings l2 secured to outstanding feet I3 on the lower 30 ends of said frame II. Secured to the frame Il is a screen I4 of any suitable fabric, and having an opening I5 therein. I6 designates a figure secured to a shaft I'I, that is journaled in a U- shaped bracket I8 secured to the base I0 adjacent 35 to the rear side of the screen I4, and when in its upright position the head portion of the gure I6 is visible through the opening I5. Also secured to the base I0 are spaced posts I9, said posts being at a distance from the front side of the 40 screen I4, and have secured thereto a resilient string 20, preferably of rubber and have mounted thereon a ball 2|. The ends of the string 20 may be secured in any suitable manner to the posts I9,

a preferred means being disclosed in the drawing and consisting of transverse slots 22 opening through the upper end of said posts I9 to receive the string 20, the ends of the string being provided with knots 23. 5

By having the string and ball 2I on a plane considerably below the plane of the opening I5 it will be apparent that considerable skill must be displayed in aiming the ball so that it will fairly strike the head of gure I6 exposed through the 10 openmg.

The-rear end of the base I0 has a reduced extension 24 for convenience in handling the toy, and has secured thereto a triangular block 25 to sustain the impact of the iigure I6 when knocked 15 down during playing of the game.

In playing with the toy the figure I6 is arranged in upright position so that the head is visible through the opening I5, and the object is to knock down the toy by striking it with the ball 2l, the string 20 being stretched into the position shown in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2, the device creating amusement for children as well as adults, simulating ball-throwing target devices, hereinbefore referred to, as being common on fair grounds, amusement parks and the like.

I claim as my invention:-

An amusement device, comprising a base member, a screen member mounted on said base, and having a target opening therein, a U-shaped bracket mounted on said base member and spaced from said screen at one side thereof, a figure pivotally secured to said bracket and having a head presented in said opening in one of its positions, said figure inclining against the screen in upright position, spaced posts secured to said base member on the opposite side of said screen from the bracket and iigure and having transverse slots in their upper ends, a resilient string secured in said slots, and a projectile mounted on said string in- 40 termediate of the posts.

FRANK H. FORREST 

